May 18th.
The Huanhai Exhibition arrived as scheduled.
After more than half a month of "effort," the Honghuang Studio, led by Chen Lin, finally completed the game and finished the final tests.
"Mr. Chen, are we really going to display this game?"
Backstage at the exhibition, in the spacious lounge.
The two men and two women responsible for the display wore bitter expressions, looking at the dense crowd outside waiting to enter.
"What's there to be afraid of? You should have confidence in the game Old Li and the others made."
Chen Lin said with a smile, comforting them.
His calm and composed demeanor made the four secretly grumble.
We trust Old Li's skill, but this game is a bit too much to look at.
And there are so many people outside.
Don't these single dogs go anywhere else on 520?
"Alright, the venue is about to open. Du Xing, you're more nimble, go help me check on Wanhai and Star Travel's situations," Chen Lin said, turning his head.
"Okay, I guarantee the mission will be completed!"
Du Xing, who was called, felt a jolt and his expression immediately became serious.
Wanhai and Star Travel, especially Star Travel, almost caused them to lose their jobs and the studio to disband.
Now, meeting their enemies, they naturally felt particularly resentful.
He agreed, then quickly turned and left, blending into the working team outside and heading towards those two companies' booths.
Just then.
The broadcast sounded, and the main doors opened.
The players outside cheered excitedly, surging into the venue like a tide.
"Let's go, time to work."
No matter how unwilling they were, the remaining three could only brace themselves and follow Chen Lin, entering the booth to prepare.
The booth they rented was not remote.
But it was still some distance from the center of the venue.
It was a bar-style booth with twenty computers.
On the four sides of the modern bar counter, four computers were suspended on each side, and each computer was equipped with two adjustable chairs and matching controllers and keyboards.
At first glance, it looked decent, not much inferior to those central booths.
But when players passed near the booth and saw the promotional big screen, they all couldn't help but crack up.
"Pfft! What is this?"
"Is this promoting a cartoon animation?"
The big screen above the booth was displaying the game cover with the two rabbit-men.
The quirky art style, combined with the large screen display, made the passing players laugh.
Those who didn't know might have thought they had come to a children's animation exhibition.
"Forget it, forget it, let's keep going. Let's go see Wanhai's booth first."
"I heard they are displaying three games at once. We need to hurry, or we won't get a spot."
"Faster, don't dilly-dally!"
The adults' composure ultimately prevented them from overcoming their psychological barrier, and they hurried past Honghuang Studio.
Inside the booth.
The three employees' toes were almost digging through their shoe soles; they wished they could shrink under the table and find a hole to escape.
It was just too damn embarrassing!
They had never done anything so humiliating in their lives, especially in such public view.
In contrast, Chen Lin seemed unfazed, sitting there calmly observing the other booths, nodding occasionally, shaking his head occasionally.
It was clear.
For this exhibition, all major companies had worked very hard, producing many decent games.
In just a few minutes, the areas around those booths were already crowded with people.
Especially Wanhai's booth, it was completely packed, with players scrambling to queue up to try the games.
Compared to that.
Their side was much quieter.
Even though the three employees felt embarrassed, they were still very unwilling.
"They're just relying on their big venue and good location, what's so great about that!" Xiao Wei from HR said indignantly.
"No choice, who told them they're the organizers?" The programmer next to her comforted her in a low voice, his words full of helplessness.
Then the three looked at Chen Lin in unison, wanting to ask him what to do.
But unexpectedly.
Chen Lin seemed to have anticipated this situation long ago.
He reached into his pocket and unhurriedly pulled out a metal USB drive, handing it to them.
"Take this and change the promotional screen to this."
"Ah? Not promoting the game poster anymore?"
The three were startled, subconsciously taking the USB drive.
"No," Chen Lin shook his head, "That poster was just something I casually asked Old Li to make. Since it has no promotional effect, there's no need to keep it."
With that, he turned around and continued to observe the situation at the venue.
The three originally wanted to say something, but the words caught in their throats.
Anyway, the situation couldn't get any worse than it was now; they might as well try anything.
With that thought, they exchanged glances, then plugged in the USB drive, and a video file appeared on the control panel.
"usavich Season 1.MP4"
Huh?
What is this?
At this moment, the expressions of the three were just like the players who had just passed by, completely baffled.
"It looks like… a promotional CG?"
The young programmer hesitated.
"So Mr. Chen prepared another CG!"
"I knew it, how could he have no preparations at all?"
The two young women breathed a sigh of relief, smiling as they clicked on the file and selected the big screen projection.
And at this moment.
On Wanhai's booth.
A large crowd of players who had come specifically for it formed a long queue, almost reaching out of sight.
Several figures in suits stood at the back, admiring this grand sight with smiles.
"Representative Zeng, it seems Wanhai will take first place again this time," a representative from Star Travel next to him said, flattering him.
"Indeed, according to the current popularity of various exhibitions, first place definitely belongs to Wanhai," another person immediately chimed in.
"Haha, well said, well said. This is still thanks to your continuous support that we can achieve such good results."
The man called Representative Zeng was beaming, humbly waving his hand.
It was as if, in their eyes, this exhibition was already a sure win, and they didn't care about other games at all.
If Chen Lin were here, he would definitely recognize him at a glance.
This Representative Zeng was none other than the person who had tried to forcibly acquire his game back then, and also one of the organizers of this Huanhai Exhibition.
Representative Zeng was still very confident in the three games his company had developed.
After all, the resources and skill level were there; within the same timeframe, few manufacturers could match their game quality.
Moreover, for this event, Wanhai had simultaneously launched three different types of level-based games, greatly increasing their appeal to players—it would be hard not to win!
Just look.
The people at the front had only played for a few minutes, and the players queuing behind had already started urgently pressing them.
That lively scene made other manufacturers sigh with envy.
"Hahahaha, what kind of idiotic thing is this?"
Suddenly, a loud laugh came from a distance, interrupting the crowd's noise and pushing.
Players turned their heads in confusion, wanting to see who had such a loud voice.
But they were immediately drawn to the screen in that direction, which was playing a promotional video.
At this moment, the animation had just begun to play.
Accompanied by a bizarre background music, a prison cell and two rabbits inside appeared. One was lying on the bed reading a book, and the other was standing on the bed, dancing a high-kick dance to the beat.
The quirky art style and idiotic expressions immediately made the players burst into laughter.
"Damn! This is too idiotic!"
"It looks like a game promotional CG."
"To use this kind of thing as a CG, which manufacturer is so eccentric?"